Listen • 5:18 20160814_atc_lobotomy_and_memory.mp3 The story of Henry Molaison is a sad one. Known as Patient H.M. to the medical community, he lost the ability to create memories after he underwent a ...

Richard Meredith's family is demanding $1.8 million from the state of Iowa for the awful way he died in a mental institution last August. Meredith, 81, choked on a peanut butter sandwich, which a ...

•The arguments: A new book contends the brain surgery actually helped about 10 percent of patients. But relatives of lobotomy patients want the Nobel Prize revoked from the inventor of the procedure. ...

The story of Henry Molaison is a sad one. Known as Patient H.M. to the medical community, he lost the ability to create memories after he underwent a lobotomy to treat his seizures. He did earn a ...

The story of Henry Molaison is a sad one. Known as Patient H.M. to the medical community, he lost the ability to create memories after he underwent a lobotomy to treat his seizures. He did earn a ...